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The first (and only?) issue of this Colorado newspaper...
The first (and only?) issue of this Colorado newspaper...
Item # 695545
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March 01, 1910
THE HILLROSE ENTERPRISE, Morgan County, Colorado, March 1, 1910 This is the volume 1, number 1 issue. It is not listed in Gregory's "Union List of American Newspapers", and we can find no information concerning it online. It is likely this is the only issue printed as the published notes inside: "The reason for the existence of this paper...is to show the public at large what is in and around Hillrose, to give prospective home seekers, farmers and other an idea of the town and surrounding territory, an idea of the future possibilities, its prospects, to describe the soil, the climate, and natural surroundings..." with more.
Located in Northeast Colorado, it is Morgan County’s smallest with a population of 312. The land for the town was donated by Mrs. Katherine Emerson to the Lincoln Land Co. with two restrictions: half of the land was to be donated for the town, for streets and parks, and the town and its streets were to be named for her children.
Her married daughter Rose Hill was the town’s namesake but there was already a Rosehill in Colorado so she reversed the order of the names and Hillrose was born. The first streets in town were named after her children: Catherine, Marietta, Dana, Rose and Charles, and main street was named Emerson Street.
This issue contains several photos of homes and businesses within the town.
Complete in 8 pages, wear at the central folds, some wear at the margins, otherwise good. Perhaps a unique newspaper.
Category: The Old West
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